Wheel-tire.



FATE-NTED SEPT. 8, 1908.

J. S. UUSHING.

WHEEL TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8, 1906.

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JOSIAH-S. CUSHING, OF NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WHEEL-TIRE.

s ecification of Letters Patent-r Patented. Sept; 8', 1908.

Application filed February 8 1906. "-Serial No. 300,936.

To all whom it may concern; Y

Be it known that I, JosIAH S;CUSHLNG, of Norwood, county of Norfolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Wheel-Tires, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts;

This invention relates to wheel tires, and-- has for its object toimprove the construction of the same to the end that the portions of the tires which are out of contact with-the ground maybe utilized to'support the load and to absorbthe vibrations, andthe tread portions of the tires, andalso the means em; ployed for transmitting thereto the weight of the load will" be held against lateral displacement and'will be radially guided in all the different posltions'thetire and the trans means may occupy with respect to mitting the telly. p

Figure l showsin sideelevati'on and par tial section a wheel; tire embodying'this in of a portion of the wheel tire shown inFig. -1,

taken on the dottedline 2'-2.'

As illustrating one practical embodiment of my invention arepresents the hub of the Y Y wheel; b the spokes, and c the. rim, which is secured to the spokes; A'flanged ring isysecured to the rim '0 by screws or otherwise,

- which is made much'wi'der than-the rim.

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' herein shown;

' This rim is composedof a base (1 and 'apair; of side anges d extended radially outwardtherefrom.- This ring may, and ipref erably will be madein sections, three-section's being which extend continuously therearound,

The tire is composed essentially of a-circ'u.

larstrip or band h," an outer covering or inclosing strip thereon. com rising an intermedlate layer or portlonh a' tread portion ter extending laterally and inwardly from the intermediate portion h; The-elements thus composing'thetireare or may be made ofdiflerent qualities of rubber, with or without the interposition of textile material, as

usual in the-manufacture ofwheehtires; and 1 they are preferably all vulcanized together. The portion hot the tire is made of 'awidth to enter between the siderfianges ofthe felly and of a thickness toe'xtend inward between- Fig. 2 is anenlarged .cross section I -The flanged ring and rim. upon which it is mounted, as herein shown,j- .constitute .the felly of the wheel, and the flanges constitute vertical guiding-means said flanges fora considerable-distance and also to project a short distahce beyond said flanges, and the flexible side. portions'a're extended from the intermediate'layer or portion of the ,tire laterally over the edges of said flanges'and then'inwardly, in a'radial direction-f on the outside of said flanges.

.The edges of the flexible side portionsjo'f-the tire are secured tothe felly, as for instance,

to the "side flanges, by means of rings which are bolted or otherwise secured thereto.

When the parts are assembled the tire presents radially and inwardly extended guiding-means, herein re resented by the rib h,

which extend inward y beyondand are at all times in sliding engagement with the tellyguiding-means', herein represented by the side flanges, so that the tread portion-of the, laterally supported and tire .is at all times radially guided.

between the side flanges of, the telly, tis

A circular band g'is contained the-sace v made of a lesser; diameter" than" the follyguiding-means ;It is" made of. suitable thickness toglve it the required'rigidity-and it is made of a width a proximately equal to 'the distance between t e side flanges so that it is heldfrom lateral movement by said side' flanges. 'It is made 'ofa diameter 'sufiiT cientlylarge to engage the inner face of the portion h of the. tire and hence is located some little distance from'the felly. It is made-yielding but not' to suchan extent as to materially reduce its rigidity. It is made in sections but said sections are subsequently welded or otherwise v secured together.

Whenthe arts are assembled the handy surrounds t e fellybut at a distance therefrom and" engages the interior of the trea portion only of'the tire and islate'rally sugported-and radially guided by the felly gui mov e mentof that portion of the tire which is in contact with the ground, andv consequently supports the'load and absorbs the vibrations. As the tire is pressed inward the flexible side portions, which are extended l continuous circular band within the tire,

laterally over the side flanges, are brought to hear more and more upon the outeredges of said side llanges in a direction toward the faces thereof, being thereby prevented from bulging outward= It will be observed that the circular band transmits the weight of the load and the vibrations or shocksincident to the wheel passing over inequalities of the road, to that portion of the tirewhich is out of contact with the ground, so that the load will be supported and the vibrations or shocks absorbed by such portion of the tire, and that the tread portion of the tire, and also the circular band, will be held against lateral displacement and will be radiall guided. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is 1 In a resilient wheel, a felly having vertical guiding-means extending continuously therearound, a flexible tire attached to said lolly having radially and imvardly extending guiding-means thereon, said tire-guidingmeans extending inwardly beyond and being at all times in sliding engagement with said i'elly-guidmg-means, whereby the tire is radially guided and laterally supported, and a surrounding the telly, at a distance therefrom, which transmits the weight of the load to the tread'portion only of-the tire, substantially as described.

2. In a resilient wheel, a folly having vertical guiding-means extending continuously therearound, a ll'exible tire attached to said itellyhaving radially and inwardly extending guiding means thereon, said "tire -guidingmeans extending inwardly beyond and being at all times in sliding engagement with the said felly-guidmg-nleans, whereby the tire 1s radially guided and laterally supported, and

a continuous circular band within the tire, surrounding the lelly, at a distance therefrom,whieh transmits the weight of the load to the tread portion only of the tire, said cireular band being of lesser diameter than the l'elly-guiding-means and disposed adjacent thereto,whereby .t is radially guided and laterally supported, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JOSIAH S. CUSHING. Witnesses:

W. FRED. WVlGMORE, Omvna J. BARR. 

